CCA has released a Statement on the proposed expansion of VET Student Loans (VSL) to Certificate III and IV levels. In the Statement, CCA expresses its serious reservations about the expansion of VSL to Certificate III level.
CCA releases statement on expansion of VET Student Loans
CCA launches new governance and executive leadership audio podcast series
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has launched a new eight-part governance and executive leadership audio podcast series. Prepared specifically for senior executives and boards directors of not-for-profit Australian adult and community education (ACE) organisations, the series aims at improving organisational governance and deal with some of the most common – and pressing...
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Don’t settle for the minimum in aged care training – Yasmin King
Yasmin King, CEO of SkillsIQ (pictured), writes below that we cannot settle for the minimum in aged care training. Read her full piece on the SkillsIQ website. CCA's upcoming National ACE Summit on 29 June will deal with these and related aged care training issues.
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“In...Aged care remains Australia’s most vulnerable pressure point as Melbourne worker contracts COVID-19
Aged care remains Australia’s most vulnerable societal pressure point, as an aged care worker at a facility in Melbourne has been diagnosed with COVID-19, sending the home into lockdown. Contact tracers have not yet been able to link the aged care worker to an existing case, and Acting Premier James Merlino says...
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National ACE Summit to Focus on Wellbeing Economics and Community Education
CCA’s National 2021 ACE Summit will include a focus on wellbeing economics and how Australia’s adult and community education providers contribute to national wellbeing. Dr Marcia Keegan (pictured), a Canberra-based Associate and Partner at SGS Economics and Planning – and an acclaimed expert on how to connect...
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Meet Isaac Wood – one of our amazing aged care students
Meet Isaac Wood (pictured), who commenced his training in the Certificate III – Individual Support ageing specialisation – at the Community College Northern Inland (CCNI) Bingara campus early in February 2021. According to the College, prior to enrolling in his studies, Isaac did not have a full understanding of how much...
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